Published 21:30 IST, November 18th 2019
Deepika Padukone continues to spread awareness through her Live Love Laugh Foundation
Deepika Padukone is vocal about issues such as depression and mental health. She is the founder of the Live Love Laugh Foundation. Read more to know about it
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Deepika Pukone me her acting debut in movie Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan for which she earned Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Since n Pmavat actor has come a long way. Time has named her as one of 100 most influential people in world in 2018. Her 2012 romantic movie Cocktail is marked as turning point of her career. Deepika Pukone has been a part of many commercially successful and critically acclaimed films which include Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Bajirao Mastani, Pmavat, Chennai Express, Piku, Goliyon Ki Rassleela Ram-Leela, Love Aaj Kal, and many more.
Deepika Pukone's Live Love Laugh Foundation
Deepika Pukone is vocal about issues such as depression and mental health. She is founder of Live Love Laugh Foundation. It was formed in year 2015 to bring awareness about mental health in India. Live Love Laugh Foundation is a n-profit organisation. foundation focuses on following objectives:
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- To support research in area of mental health in India
- To create awareness and reduce stigma around depression
- To support and fund community-based mental health projects that can have a sustainable and a large-scale impact on society.
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main aim of Deepika Pukone’s Live Love Laugh Foundation is to reduce stigma that surrounds mental health. foundation also spres awareness and changes way people look at mental health in general. It also helps in providing a platform that enables people who are seeking help to learn more information and connect with mental health professionals. People are able to share and hear or stories of ir own experiences with mental health.
Deepika Pukone is also one actor who has suffered from depression which is one reason that she created this platform for ors. She also uses social media as a tool to encour ors to share ir stories with mental illness using hashtag, #tAshamed. year after Deepika Pukone founded Live Love Laugh Foundation, she launched a campaign called “More Than Just S.”
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On professional front, Deepika Pukone will be next seen portraying character of Laxmi Agarwal, an acid attack survivor, in movie Chhapaak. Chhapaak is helmed by Meghna Gulzar of Raazi's fame. Along with this, Deepika will also be seen in Kabir Khan’s ’83, playing role of Romi, wife of Kapil Dev. film also stars Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev.
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15:11 IST, November 18th 2019